Sound / Image
Exploring sonic and audio-visual practice
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Guest Lecture – Prof. Görne talks Crossmodal Metaphors in Sound composition for Image
We were delighted to welcome Prof. Thomas Görne from our ERASMUS partner HAW Hamburg to give a lecture to our Sound and Image students. Prof. Görne discussed how recent research in perceptual psychology can help inform Sound Design practice. http://www.aes.org/aes/thomasgoerne
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Roger Alsop – University of Melbourne – provides masterclass to Creative Coding students
On Friday 9th November, students on the Creative Coding programme received a masterclass from Roger Alsop, University of Melbourne providing insight to the use of Max/MSP in creative projects (students are using Max/ MSP to develop their own projects). https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/display/person172234
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Electroacoustic Music in Great Britain – call for pieces and papers
Call for contributions: Electroacoustic Music in Great Britain: Past/Present/Future (26th / 27th January 2019) Marking the 40th anniversary of the founding of EMAS (The Electroacoustic Music Association of Great Britain) Electroacoustic Music in Great Britain: Past/Present/Future seeks to explore the varied history, and vibrant present, of electroacoustic music practice in the UK. In celebration of…
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Simon Emmerson – Concert 10/10/18
We were delighted to invite Simon Emmerson to present a concert of works in the beautiful musical church of St Alfege. This was a sublime event. The first of many in the space. View the full collection of images here.
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Simon Emmerson – Guest Lecture – 10th October
In advance of his concert Prof. Emmerson gave a talk to assembled students about his compositional practice and the inspirations between his works that combine live instrumental performance and recorded and electronic processed sound. Concert – https://blogs.gre.ac.uk/sounddesign/2018/10/16/simon-emmerson-concert-10-10-18/
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Paula Fairfield – Game of Thrones Sound Design
Emmy Award Winning Sound Designer, Paula Fairfield reveals how she designed sound for the iconic creatures in Game of Thrones. With surround sound examples and stems from major scenes in Season 7, Paula will discuss the evolution of creature sound sets: including the dragons, the wights, the Whitewalkers, the polar bear, the direwolves, and the…
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Richard Addis – HALO Post Production – Guest Lecture
Richard Addis (Senior Operations Manager at HALO Post Production) visited students providing an insight into the world of Post Production with examples of current recent projects. HALO Post Production is one of the leading studios for post-production sound. Based in London’s Soho, halo provides television and film producers with the full range of post production…
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SOUND TALKING
On Friday 3rd November, the Science Museum hosts an interdisciplinary workshop on ‘language describing sound / sound emulating language’ Info and registration: bit.ly/SoundTalking Sound Talking is a one-day event at the London Science Museum that seeks to explore the complex relationships between language and sound, both historically and in the present day. It aims to identify the…
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“Have we reached peak Hans Zimmer?”
Hot on the tails of our recent post about the BRAAM, comes an announcement of a one day workshop exploring the influence of the work of Hans Zimmer. The workshop looks to be an interesting day of talks taking place at City University. “Have we reached peak Hans Zimmer?” Wednesday 25/10, 4-6 pmCity, University of…
